Anna-Lena Högfeldt has been appointed Group Vice President, Tikkurila Marketing and Brand Management.

Arch Chemicals Inc. has announced the appointment of three members of the senior management team.

Rodney Balmer of Flint Group has received a Technical Achievement Award in recognition of major technical accomplishments in the science of printing ink.

International Paint LLC has promoted Darrin Andrews to the position of Protective Coatings Manager, Canada.

AkzoNobel has announced that Bob Taylor, currently Managing Director of Industrial Finishes, will become the Managing Director of Marine and Protective Coatings, succeeding Bill McPherson.

Dennis Northrop has joined AkzoNobel Specialty Plastics Coatings as a Product/Process Engineer for Soliant, Lancaster, SC.

Holliday Pigments’ Managing Director, Glyn Jagger, has been given the added responsibility of Director of Operations Europe at parent company, Rockwood Pigments.

Klaus Edelmann has left the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Cognis and has become a member of the company’s supervisory board. His designated successor as CFO is Marco Panichi.

Frank De Castro has joined Solvay Chemicals Inc. as Logistics Purchasing Manager.

Plasticolors Inc. has appointed Elizabeth Campbell to be the Thermoset Plastics Business Director and Kip Howard to be the Technical Service Representative, Thermosets.